About This Role
The Systems Engineer plays a key role in the design and delivery of Combat Systems Shared Infrastructure products, supporting activities from concept through to implementation. Working within a multidisciplinary engineering team, you will help develop system requirements, create design solutions and contribute to testing and acceptance, ensuring high-performance, reliable and certifiable products. This role suits an experienced professional who wants to pioneer progress and protect what matters most.
Responsibilities
- Produce and maintain system design artefacts, including requirements, specifications and interface definitions
- Support the design and development of Shared Infrastructure solutions throughout the full product lifecycle
- Identify, assess and manage technical risks, ensuring requirements are fully captured and delivered
- Provide design assurance evidence and support design reviews, testing and acceptance activities
- Manage design changes, interface updates and technical queries, monitoring design maturity and driving continuous improvement
Requirements
- Academic qualification in a STEM related subject
- Ability/willingness to become recognised as Incorporated or Chartered Engineer through an appropriate recognised professional institution
- Experience in systems engineering activities such as requirements analysis, system design, interface management, configuration management and technical risk management
- Proven ability to deliver high-quality technical solutions to cost, timescale and quality requirements while working effectively with customers and multidisciplinary teams
- Achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard
- For many roles requiring higher levels of National Security Vetting, applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks
Benefits
- Lifelong learning and meaningful work
- Rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family
- Support for your financial and personal wellbeing
- Balanced lifestyle
Important Details
- Work format: hybrid - 3 days per week on site
- Application deadline: 2nd November 2026
- Team: Join a collaborative and supportive team environment that embraces hybrid and cross-site working, bringing together diverse skills and expertise to develop new technologies and innovative ways of working. The team plays a key role in delivering cutting-edge solutions across a range of exciting projects. As part of the team, you’ll contribute to the continued advancement of Royal Navy systems across the fleet including Hybrid Navy. The solutions developed are designed for deployment within complex Naval Ship environments, providing the opportunity to work on technology that has a direct impact on operational capability and future maritime defence programmes.
